Mosquito-net-supporting frame for folding bedsteads



(No Model.)

G. G. MGLAUGHLIN.

MOSQUITO NET SUPPORTING FRAME FOR FOLDING BEDSTEADS. No. 359,804. 7 Patented Ma.1-.22, 1887.

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GEORGE C. MOLAUGHLIN, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,804, dated .March 22, 1887.

Application filed November 8, 1886. Serial No. 218,260. (No model.)

To 0,25 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE CANNON Mo LAUGHLIN, a citizen of the United States, re siding at Sedalia, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Mosquito-Net-Supporting Frames for Folding Beds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to folding bedsteads provided with frames for supporting mosquitonets; and it consists, first, in a folding frame for supporting mosquito-netting,so constructed and adapted to be connected to the stationary and movable portions of an upright folding bedstead that when applied in position, and the movable portion of such upright bedstead is swung outward and downward a portion of said frame will be caused to rise above the top of the bedstead and the net-supporting portion of the frame to form an angle with the stand ard porti ous, thus giving greater elevation to the frameand bringing the netting which is applied on the same horizontally or otherwise suitably over the bedding or sleepers thereon; secondly, in a folding frame for supporting mosquitonetting upon a folding bedstead, so constructed and connected to the stationary and movable portions of such folding bedstead that upon swinging the movable portionthereof upward and inward said frame will be caused to assume its normal folded condition within the bedstead, and thus become inclosed and put entirely out of sight, and in certain combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of myinvention and an upright folding bedstead as adjusted for use. Fig. 2 is avertieal section of the same as in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the bedstead and mosquitonet-supporting frame as folded.

A represents the stationary upright frame or case of a folding bedstead, and B the movable bed-supporting portion of the folding bedstead, this latter portion being provided at its upper edge with the usual hinged sliding transverse head-section board, 0, and pivoted at a, as usual, to the side uprights of the frame or case A, and balanced, or nearly so, by a weight, b, on its head end, or by means of suitably-up plied springs, as usual.

The bedstead thus far described may be regarded as of the ordinary construction, and to such construction of bedstead, or to any other known construction operating substantially on the same principle, my invention, which I will now describe, may be applied as follows:

To the front of the hinged and sliding board 0 eyestaples or lugs f, or other suitable means, are applied, one near each end, and to each lug a bifurcated or other suitablyconstructed upright, or'nearly so, standard. portion, E, of the mosquitonet'supporting frame is pivoted, as shown, said standard portions passing through staples or guides g of the stationary case A. To the standards E framed bars E are connected near their ends by short journals or pivots, as h, and the mosquito-netsupporting framed bars E are caused to assume, with the upright standards E, a certain altitude before unfolding, and it is caused to rise still higher, to gradually adjust itself to a horizontal position, while the bedstead is being gradually adjusted to the open condition shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this result being accomplished by the combined agency of the connected partsto wit, the board 0, acting directly upon said standards, and cords or chains 2', attached by one of their ends to the sta tionary case A and by their other ends to the removable portion B, said chains or cords pulling down or resisting the tendency of the short lever end of the inosquHench-supporting framed bars E, to rise after the upright standards have performed a part of their upward movement and while they are completing the remainder of their movement. The chains being flexible, they offer no ohstruc tion to the folding of the bed supporting frame and the mosquito-net-supporting framed bars, they allowing the longer lever end of the framed bars to descend with the uprightstandards, while holding the shorter lever end of the framed bars in a manner to steady the descent of the standards E and framed bars E until the said framed bars E stand vertical, or nearly so, alongside the standards E, whereupon the chains or cords yield and descend with the framed bars E and the upright standards E into the stationary case A.

the movable portion B of the bedstead, when swung upward and inward, as shown in Fig. 3, pulls the sliding board 0 downward, and along with it the upright standards, and that thereby the mosquitenet-supporting frame is folded and caused to descend into the case A and become entirely inclosed, and during this operation the board 0 has perfect freedom to make its adjustments upon. the cleats (Z or in grooves, accordingly as the bedstead may be constructed with cleats or grooves.

It will be seen that the movable part B of the bedstead when swung outward and downward causes the hinged sliding board Gto rise, thereby moving the upright standards Eupward, so that they extend out above the sta tionary case A, and simultaneously with the farther rising of the said standards, the mosquitonet-supporting frame, being held at the rear by the chains '6, is caused by the combined action of the part B upon the standards E and of the chains 13 upon the framed bars E to assume a horizontal or nearly horizontal position. over the bed-supporting portion B, turning on its short journals h from the vertical position shown in Fig. 3 to the position in Figs. 1 and 2.

My invention of a folding mosquito-netsup porting frame may be modified in its arrange ment accordingly as the style of folding bedstead. may require, and still rise out of the case A when the part B is swung outward and downward, and be inclosedlwithin said case p when swung upward :and inward, as herein .3 5 described and illustrated.

As indicating the state of the art -prior to my invention, I refer to Patents No. 204,340 1 and No. 326,316, and would state that I do not claim constructions such as are claimed or 0 shown in these patents.

What I claim is 1. The attachment .for folding bedsteads, consisting of the mosquito netsupporting frame pivoted near one of its ends to standards, 4 5 and provided at one end with cords or chains, substantially as and for the purpose describedi 2. The combination ofthe mosquit0-net-supporting frame, the chains or cords connecting the frame and the stationary part of the bed- 50 stead, andthe standards pivoted to the mosquito-net-supporting frame at one oftheir ends, and at their other ends pivoted to the movable part of the bedstearhthe combination being such that the standards are raised and lowered 5 5 by the said movable part of the bedstead to 1 fold and unfold the mosquito-net-supporting frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix. my signature in presence of two witnesses. 1

GEORGE O. MOLAUGHLIN.

\Vitnesses:

W. A. FLETCHER, M. O. FLETCHER. 

